Results of my Seed Germination Test

Results of my Seed Germination Test

This is a day late, but I was snowed in while visiting my parents at their house… Yep… 8 inches of snow in April… Alberta Weather-what’s not to love?

Beans: I tested 8 of them… 4 showed some signs of germination… but only one was really strong… I will plant that one into some dirt and let it get on with it… Conclusion being that not a ton of my seeds will germinate, but I am going to plant them anyway… Not expecting a huge yield, and I will probably buy some new bean seeds

Beets: Not a lot of these seeds germinated, but the few that did looked pretty strong… I might try them, but I am glad I already have new beet seeds to put more of my faith behind.

Lettuce: Every seed germinated… So I have faith that they will produce enough Lettuce that I wont have to buy new seeds.

Carrots: About half of the seeds i sprinkled on the paper towel germinated… But these seeds, and the beet seeds, were the ones I found in my shed, that went through all the temperature changes that we have to offer here. I will probably still attempt to grow them.

Peas: EVERY pea germinated… 10/10 Even the one that I accidentally squished when I was trying to move them around to find room for my new sweet potato growing area. Definitely impressed and will plant all of them with high hopes.